New and Notable Acquisitions

New and Notable Acquisitions

New Special Collections:

William Kennedy Papers

University Libraries are delighted to announce the recent
acquisition of the manuscript collection of Pulitzer Prize-winning
novelist and UA Professor William Kennedy. Housed in the M.E.
Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives,
the Kennedy collection comprises approximately 100 linear
feet of correspondence, drafts, typescripts, worksheets, manuscripts,
autograph notes, galleys and page proofs, photographs, and
printed ephemera.

U.S. Representative Gerald Solomon

The papers of U.S. Representative Gerald Solomon were also recently
acquired. The Solomon Papers are rich in summary material documenting
Republican Gerald Solomon's twenty-year career as a U.S. Congressman.
Mr. Solomon represented the 22nd Congressional District of New York
from 1978-1998. There are 53 boxes of materials which contain detailed
summary information pertaining to his legislative activities, including
his voting activity, justification for his votes, bills and resolutions
he introduced and co-sponsored.

WAMC Tapes

The transfer of the WAMC Program Archive to the University's Special
Collections took place in the Summer 2002. The WAMC Archive contains
over 500 open reel tapes and more than 5,000 cassette tapes of locally
produced radio programs including The Best of Our Knowledge, 51%,
Capitol Connection, The Environment Show, The Health Show, Legislative
Gazette, The Law Show, Media Project, Vox Pop, and the recording
of regional events. The programs date from the late 1970s up until
the late 1990s.